Gonadotrophin stimulation of donor females decreases post-implantation viability of cultured one-cell hamster embryos

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 724-729

  McKiernan, Susan H ^a   Bavister, Barry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Hamster; PMSG stimulation; Transfer; Viability

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HAMSTER; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MORULA; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DONATION;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0031942814     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.3.724     Document Type: Article

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